Chapter 9 Earthquakes and Volcanoes

The center point on the surface of an earthquake represented by letter R is called what?

• Center point
• Focus
• Epicenter
• Seismic waves

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Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake? Reperesented by letter S

• Epicenter
• Focus
• Fault
• Plate

What is a break in the rock layers called?

• Earthquake
• Epicenter
• Fault
• Focus

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Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?

• Mercalli Scale
• Richter Scale
• Seismogram Scale
• Bernoulli Scale

What is the difference between magma and lava?

• lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth
• lava is the chamber that magma flows
• lava is the Earth's crust

When a rock is under stress and changes shape. What do we call this?

• Deformation
• Mutation
• Compression

What is subduction?

• one plate collides with another
• one plate destroys another
• one plate goes beneath another
• one plate divides another

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A volcano with gradual slopes formed by slow cooling lava.

• Shield Volcano
• Cinder Cone Volcano
• Composite Volcano

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What types of waves are released from an earthquake?

• Energy Waves
• Sonic Waves
• Seismic Waves

The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of

• volcanoes forming over a hot spot

• volcanoes forming along a plate boundary

• the Ring of Fire

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